Vehicle attachment.



C. T. FRIEDRICH. VEHICLE ATTACHMENT. .APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 26, 1910.

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Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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C. T. FRIEDRICH. VEHICLE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1910. 1,034,993, Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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CARL T, FRIEDRICH, OF ATKINSON, NEBRASKA.

VEHICLE ATTACHMENT.

ipp'lication zed August. 26, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. t2, 1912.

Serial No. 579,001.

To all' whom; i? mcs-'y concern:

Be it. known that l, Canti f`. lfinnmncii,

a citizen of the United ttates, residing at Atlineem in the .county of Holt and State 01"' Niebla-Sha, have invented new and useful In'iprovements in `Jel'iicle At;taclnnents5 ot" which the following a specilication.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in Supplemental wide tires for vehicle wheelsT and the primary object ot' the invention is to provide. a device of this class which may he easily and quickly applied to the telly of an ordinary wheel or detached therefrom ivien not in vWith the above7 and other objects in view, ivliicli will appear as the description progreae7 the invention resides in the novel coil. truction and combination of parte hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, 1Figure 4l is' a side elevation ofian ordinary vehicle wheel provided with the improved supplemental tire. Fig. 2 is a sectional vii w upon the line Qw) of Fig. i. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view illustrating a modified form for attaching the sui'iplemental tire to the telly.A Fig. et ie a similar view of a still further modified form. Fig 5 is a similar vieu' of a 'further modilication. Fig, t3 is a perspective view of a portion oi a modified lorm of the supplemental tire. Fig. 'i' is a detail elevation illustrating one manner ot connecting the ends of tire sections.

It is very expensive for farmers and others to keep two sets ot' wagons with the ordinary narrow tire 1for hard roads and with the very wide tire for use on soft hind such fields, etc., or when the roads are very muddy as in wet weather or early spring.

To adapt the` ordinary narrow tire fchicle Wheels for use on soft ground, very wide removable supplemental tires have been provided which may be easily clamped around the ordinary vehicle wheel or can be removed therefroa when nett-fisary.

The ordinary Wagon wheels vary in diameter and Width of tire; also the 'tact that the narrow wheels and tires Wear round or convex in cross section presents certain dithculties which have to be taken into consideration in supplying wide supplemental tires applicable to all classes et' wagon Wheels.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide an improved Wide sui,-

plernental tire exceedingly easy of adjustment to all kinds of wagon wheels, within varied limits as to diameter of wheel and width ot' wheel tires.

In the drawing the numeral l designates an ordinary vehicle wheel. 'llns wheel is, of course, provided with the ordinary telly and tire 3.

The numeral 4 designates thc improved supplemental tire. This supplemental or wide tire may be constructed ot one or a plu `ality of sections and preferably has one of its edges bent, outwardly to provide an annular rib or flange 5.

In, the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the numerals (l and T designate a pair of substantially Lshaped members, one of which being rigidly mmnectcd with the supplemental tire 4. The opposite member 7, has its otlssetA portion which cn gages with the inner tace ot the supplie mental tire 4 provided with a longitudinally extending sloty 8. rl`he numeral designates a headed member which is adupted to engage the walls adjacent the said longitudinal slot 8, so that the member may be free to move toward or away from the member 6 to adapt itself to the various widths of the vehicle fellics. Both of the upright portions of the members G and 'l' are provided with a plurality ot :dining openings l0, the same being adapted for the reception of a holt 11 having a nut 1Q. lly this arrangement, it will be readily noted that the member 'Y may lic ctl'crtiiely se cured to vehicle fellies of various widths,l a ml tl'iiclmesses.

ln the device illli:-"x'atcd in Fig. l thc tire l is consirut'itcd ot' a single member und has one of its ends overlapping so that thi` said tire may be readily adjusted to thi` various sizes of vehicle Wheels. The overlappingr ends may he connected tofg'etlur in any de sired or preferred manner, and in thie`r inY stance the said overlapping portions are provided with a plurality et :dining opcuings, the same being adapted for thtl recel tion of threaded bolts and nuts hcrct'oix ln Fig. f5 there is illustrated a slightly modified form o1" attaching the (evice to the. telly of an ordinary wheel. This construction is similar to that. described in connue tion with Fig. l, and provides a l ,nir ot' sulH stantially L-shaped members A a -d l. l'ic offset 'foot of thefmember A engaging tric tire Ll is connec'ied to the said tire tliroueh opposite L-shaped mem er B has its offset portion F provided with a longitudinal extending slot vGr, and the walls adjacent this slot are engaged by the headed portions H of a pair of bolts or securing members I. These securing members are also adapted to extend through the su Elemental tire so a's to provide spurs J. I e vertical portions of both of the members are'pro vided with a plurality of s aced openings, the latter being adapted or the reception of a removable bolt and a nut therefor. In Fig. 4 the securing .elements comprise a pair of L- -shaped members Aa and b.V The portions of the L-shaped members engaging the supplea mental tire 4a. are each provided with longitudinally extending cut away portions c, and the walls adjacent theseV cut away portions are engaged by heads d of bolt mem-A bers e. The bolt members e also extend below the outer face of the tire 4, to provide the spurs f. The vertical portions of these members a and b are provided with a plurality of spaced alining openings, the latter being adapted for the reception o fthe removable securing element g. l' r Y In Fig. 5`a still further method of securing the supplemental tire to the vehicle wheel is illustrated. In this figure the `tire is provided with a 'pair of inwardly `ro' jecting spaced bolts 1 and 2. The bo t 2 is connected with an eccentric roller 3. The bolt 1 is, mounted within al longitudinally extending slot 4 provided by a block 5. .Both

of the bolts 1 and 2 are connected with-a flexible strip 6 and are secured thereto through the medium of bolts 7'. It will also be noted that after the eccentric roller is put in contact with the felly of a Wheel it will clamp the wide bar to the felly tighter and tighter as the'tendenoy of the same to slip is increased.

In Fig. G I have illustrated a slightly modified form of the supplemental tire. In this figure the longitudinal edges of the said tire are provided with a plurality of spaced spurs or lips which are Apreferably formed integral with the tire, thus doing away with the necessity of turning one or both of the edges outwardly of the tire as described in connection with the remaining figures of the drawing.

In Fig. 7 there is illustrated a means for connecting the ends of the tire or sections of the tire. In this view'each of the tire sections are provided with lips 13. These lips 13 are each provided with suitable openings 14, the said openings being adapted for the reception of bolt members 15` These bolts 15 have one of -their ends threaded, 1,15* and the said threaded portions are adapted for the reception of nuts 16. L i' From the above description it Awill be'l noted that by providing the horizontal porsi tions ofthe L-shaped members with elon-Fff gated slots and by providing the spurs with thel Shanks which terminate in the headsfi? which engage with the walls 4of the said horizontal portions of the L-shaped mernbers adjacent the said slots, the saidgvlif shaped members maybe moved laterally; ofg the tie and the ott-set or vertical' portionsi of the said L-shaped members beingaprovided with the registering o eningsfand with the securing elements or thes,aid openings, the telly of the wheel maybe effectively clasped between the said members. `f

Having thus fully described the' tion, what I claim as new is f e.

In combination with a vehicle vjiheej u wide tire for the said Wheel, L-shapexdrigrn-j" bers, the base portions of said. "led members being provided with lolrr slots, spurs having reduced shankfsgth`f passed through the Wide tire andq-lxefslots' in thev L-shaped members, wherebyjth shaped members may be shiftedl-ltftyt'er" that the said widetire may li 's'cnre to fellies of different widths, andifthvetrcl' portions of the L-shap'ed rnmbersfbeing provided with a plurality of iallfinixfigtaper--`r tures, a bolt passed throughf apar of the" apertures, thereby holdingI 'their' haped members in adjusted position.,=-'l-f 1 il 1to0 In testimony whereof I affix mysignature iif presence of two witnesses.

CARL T. nniEDRioir W it-nesses E. J. MACK, En ToMsIK.

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